who had the highest batting average at age 42 having at least 100 pa

Jack Saltzgaver has the best career batting average by a 42-year-old player when making 100+ plate appearances, with an average of .325.

	NAME	AVG	PA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Jack Saltzgaver J. Saltzgaver	.325	126	52	117	20	38	5	3	0	10	8	0	8	0		49	8	1			1	.368	.419	.787
2	Sam Rice S. Rice	.322	324	106	289	58	93	16	7	1	34	32	0	6	7		126	24	3				.389	.436	.825
3	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	.310	164	81	142	22	44	4	1	5	21	21	0	15	2	0	65	10	1	0	0	3	.399	.458	.857
4	Luke Appling L. Appling	.301	619	142	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	121	0	24	7		194	31	6			23	.439	.394	.833
5	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	.298	143	31	131	21	39	7	2	3	19	11	0	13	3	0	59	12	0	1	0	1	.350	.450	.800
6	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.291	365	143	327	48	95	15	5	1	22	30	3	42	10	2	123	21	3	2	1	4	.354	.376	.730
7	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	.286	485	124	433	45	124	15	9	1	39	34	8	34	11		160	25	10				.349	.370	.719
8	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	.285	521	137	452	65	129	21	0	18	65	61	7	73	7	2	204	39	0	1	8	12	.378	.451	.829
9	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	.284	523	137	387	78	110	21	0	31	81	131	4	58	5	0	224	52	0	1	37	14	.468	.579	1.047
10	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	.278	210	71	194	25	54	11	0	8	25	14	2	48	1	1	89	19	0	0	0	7	.333	.459	.792
11	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	.270	351	109	307	42	83	14	0	24	68	28	10	55	1	2	169	38	0	6	1	13	.345	.550	.895
12	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	.267	542	137	475	60	127	20	2	16	77	62	1	51	0	0	199	38	0	4	4	11	.351	.419	.770
13	Stan Musial S. Musial	.255	379	124	337	34	86	10	2	12	58	35	2	45	2	0	136	24	0	5	9	3	.325	.404	.728
14	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	.252	328	77	294	35	74	15	3	10	43	31	0	51	2	1	125	28	1	2	5	7	.321	.425	.746
15	Pete Rose P. Rose	.248	566	153	500	53	124	12	4	0	43	57	2	27	7	7	144	16	1	6	5	11	.324	.288	.612
16	Tony Perez T. Perez	.240	110	61	100	7	24	2	0	3	16	9	0	17	0	0	35	5	0	1	2	6	.300	.350	.650
17	Bob Boone B. Boone	.239	136	40	117	11	28	3	0	0	9	17	0	12	1	1	31	3	2	0	0	2	.336	.265	.601
18	Omar Vizquel O. Vizquel	.235	202	65	183	16	43	8	2	1	14	14	0	29	4	1	58	11	5	0	0	0	.289	.317	.606
19	Willie Mays W. Mays	.233	197	55	172	21	40	9	0	6	24	22	1	38	1	0	67	15	1	1	0	5	.321	.390	.711
20	Matt Stairs M. Stairs	.232	111	78	99	14	23	6	0	6	16	11	0	32	2	0	47	12	0	1	2	1	.306	.475	.781
21	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	.229	308	85	271	22	62	8	0	10	35	35	0	38	0	1	100	18	0	2	1	8	.315	.369	.684
22	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	.228	346	98	316	23	72	9	1	7	42	22	5	95	3	0	104	17	0	3	1	9	.286	.329	.615
23	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	.227	465	123	379	70	86	17	3	8	42	81	3	84	25	7	133	28	0	2	0	8	.366	.351	.717
24	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	.225	250	118	218	17	49	12	1	4	33	31	0	30	1	0	75	17	0	1	7	5	.320	.344	.664
25	Darrell Evans D. Evans	.218	260	80	225	25	49	6	0	8	33	30	0	37	0	0	79	14	0	5	6	1	.304	.351	.655